Google Pushes for Rules to Aid Wireless Plans — If Google succeeds with federal regulators, it could change the way millions of Americans use their cellphones and how they connect to the Internet on their wireless devices. — In the Internet giant's view of the future …

Imaging America — I'm pleased to announce that we have acquired ImageAmerica, a company that builds high resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery. — Google Maps and Earth users are no strangers to ImageAmerica's work — the company provided high resolution black …

One Pornographic Image Per Nigerian Child — While I've discounted the OLPC child pornography fears of others and we've explored adult OLPC XO uses, I haven't spoken about the potent mix of Internet access and the natural curiosity of children, especially those reaching puberty, to go looking for images others may not want them to see.

Nigerian pupils browse porn on donated laptops — ABUJA, July 19 (Reuters Life!) - Nigerian schoolchildren who received laptops from a U.S. aid organisation have used them to explore pornographic sites on the Internet, the official News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported on Thursday.

C.E.O. Libraries Reveal Keys to Success — Michael Moritz, the venture capitalist who built a personal $1.5 billion fortune discovering the likes of Google, YouTube, Yahoo and PayPal, and taking them public, may seem preternaturally in tune with new media. But it is the imprint of old media …

Microsoft confirms 'Windows 7' due in 3 years — At an internal meeting for its sales force this week, Microsoft confirmed the code name and approximate timing for Windows Vista's successor. The details, such as they are, aren't a huge surprise, but given the dearth of information …

Should Newspapers Become Local Blog Networks? — Chicago Tribune just relaunched its website with, of course, more blogs — A LOT more blogs — news, entertainment, sports, living, business travel, with multiple blogs in each category. It struck me that this is more than a "me too" step …

Bye Bye Bill Gates — Today was a very remarkable day. We attended the last demo Bill Gates ever gave as a chairman on MGX. It was actually his best demo I ever saw. It was very touching, a standing ovation of minutes and minutes before he even said a word, and a great talk about vision …

More features. One interface. — Last month, we added the first batch of feature enhancements to the new Google Analytics. Today, we're excited to announce that we're adding a few more of your most requested features. The following improvements are available in your account now:

Getting through the night with an LS800 — A while ago I blogged about my friend Lee - who gave up smoking so he could buy an LS800. Last night Lee found a creative new use for his tablet that possibly saved his skin. There is a bit of a story behind it... You see, we had a few drinks after work to celebrate a customer win.

Blogging your way to the unemployment line — John Mackey, CEO of grocer Whole Foods, has found out the hard way that it's easy to get into trouble over online postings. For the last few years, Mackey has participated in Yahoo stock forums and other places under the name "Rahodeb" …

Is Facebook Worth the Hype? — This was Facebook Week here at Read/WriteWeb, but I couldn't help but notice how many other blogs wrote posts about Facebook this week as well. It seemed that almost every day there was a Facebook meme on Techmeme. Anecdotal evidence would seem to suggest …

BlackBerry 8820 launching on AT&T next week? — July, or August? There have mumblings for a while, heck even an official press release, but now our good ole' insider information starts to surface again. It has been told to us that there is a high possibility of the BlackBerry 8820 launching …

Google Invests in 3G Startup — The femtocell market is hot. Following weeks of major carrier RFP news and vendor product and partnership announcements, the 3G home base station market stepped up another gear today as Google (Nasdaq: GOOG - message board) emerged as an investor …

Zoho Recruit and MailChimp join hands. — Recruiters are actually marketers, and I'm not throwing that term around lightly. They do more than hire candidates. Rather, recruiters research specific industries …